English News

2024

September

Contemporary African Migration to Canada: New Directions, Approaches, Theories, Sept 19-21, 2024

Fri. Sep. 6, 2024 12:00 AM
Ifeoluwa Adeniyi, Chigbo Anyaduba, and Eliakim Sibanda have organized Contemporary African Migration to Canada: New Directions, Approaches,... Read More

August

Join Jenny Heijun Wills for the launch of her new book

Tue. Aug. 27, 2024 10:30 AM
Join Jenny Heijun Wills for the launch of her new book, Everything and Nothing At All: Essays, featuring a conversation hosted by Lindsay... Read More

July

Info Session for Walls 2 Bridges Course

Tue. Aug. 27, 2024 10:30 AM
Info Session for Walls 2 Bridges Course ENGL-3118-490: Topics in Fiction for Young People Thursday, July 11, 12:30-1:30 pm in 2C15 Walls to Bridges... Read More

May

Carol Shields Writer-In-Residence at The University of Winnipeg: Call for Applications

Tue. Aug. 27, 2024 10:30 AM
The four-week residency is intended to support an emerging and innovative writer whose work contributes to the changing landscape of Canadian... Read More

2023

November

UWinnipeg English Grad Wins Governor General’s Award for Poetry

Tue. Nov. 7, 2023 12:00 AM
Congratulations to University of Winnipeg English graduate Hannah Green on winning this year's Governor General's Literary... Read More

Jake MacDonald International Writers' Panel with Omar El Akkad and Aisha Gawad, Nov. 22nd, 7pm CST

Sun. Nov. 5, 2023 12:00 AM
The Jake MacDonald Writer-in-Residence International Writers' Panel is set for Nov. 22, 2023 at 7pm Central. The event is open to the public... Read More

Sadiqa de Meijer Virtual Reading, Nov. 16, 2.30pm

Sun. Oct. 29, 2023 2:30 PM
The English Department is hosting a virtual reading by acclaimed author Sadiqa de Meijer on Thursday, November 16th at 2:30pm CST. Sadiqa de Meijer... Read More

October

October Features 2 MA Applications Workshops

Tue. Oct. 3, 2023 12:00 AM
The Department of English is hosting two separate workshops for students thinking of applying to graduate programmes. The first Zoom session, on... Read More

September

Jake MacDonald Writer-in-Residence Program

Tue. Oct. 3, 2023 12:00 AM
Omar El Akkad Named as 2023 Jake MacDonald Writer in Residence The University of Winnipeg English department is thrilled to announce that Omar El... Read More

A Publishing Speakers’ Series Returns for 2023-24

Tue. Oct. 3, 2023 12:00 AM
This year’s line-up includes celebrated authors and award-winning editors After a stellar inaugural series last year, A Publishing... Read More

March

Honours Information Session – March 27th, 12:30pm, on Zoom

Tue. Mar. 7, 2023 12:00 AM
The Honours Information Session is set for Monday, March 27th from 12.30pm-1.20pm on Zoom. Learn about the Honours Program, hear about... Read More

Reading by Canisia Lubrin

Wed. Mar. 1, 2023 12:00 AM
The Department of English and the Critical Race Network are proud to present a reading by Canisia Lubrin on Monday, March 13, 2023, 7 pm... Read More

February

Zoe Whittall announced as 2023 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence

Mon. Feb. 27, 2023 12:00 AM
The Department of English is pleased to announce the Carol Shields Writer in Residence for Winter 2023: Zoe Whittall Reading and Q & A via Zoom... Read More

Launch of Lindsay Wong’s Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality

Tue. Feb. 21, 2023 10:00 AM
The launch of Professor Lindsay Wong’s Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality (Penguin Random House Canada) will take place on... Read More

Poetry Reading and Dialogue: Di Brandt and Sarah Ens

Wed. Feb. 1, 2023 10:00 AM
Poetry Reading and Dialogue with Di Brandt and Sarah Ens Thursday, February 9 | 10:00 – 11:15 | 2M73 Manitoba HallCoffee and... Read More

January

Innovative U of Winnipeg English Class Receives Notice in the Press

Mon. Jan. 30, 2023 9:30 AM
Professor Sandy Pool’s Writing the City class, which brings together Honours and Graduate students, have received notice in the local... Read More

A Publishing Speakers' Series: Léonicka Valcius

Wed. Jan. 18, 2023 10:00 AM
A Publishing Speakers’ Series is pleased to host literary agent Léonicka Valcius on Friday, January 27 at 12:30 PM for a Zoom... Read More

A Publishing Speakers Series: Uzma Jalaluddin

Wed. Jan. 11, 2023 9:00 AM
A Publishing Speakers Series is very pleased to host bestselling and acclaimed author Uzma Jalaluddin on Thursday, January 12, at 7 p.m. for a... Read More

2022

November

A Publishing Speaker Series: Raphael van Lierop

Tue. Nov. 22, 2022 11:00 AM
As the founder and creative director of Hinterland, Raphael van Lierop has focused on creating immersive environments and engaging gameplay. The... Read More

Reading by Dr. Uche Umezurike, Thursday Nov.24, 10am

Tue. Nov. 22, 2022 10:00 AM
Join Dr. Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba’s ENGL-2740 African Literature and Human Rights class this Thursday, November 24 at 10am for a reading... Read More

The Jake MacDonald International Writers' Panel

Thu. Nov. 10, 2022 12:00 AM
This online event is free and open to the public. Please be sure to register in advance. Register Here Lisa Robertson was born in Toronto in 1961.... Read More

October

The Jake MacDonald Writer in Residence Reading Featuring Liz Howard

Mon. Oct. 3, 2022 10:00 AM
This online event is free and open to the public. Please be sure to register in advance: Register Here (Click poster to enlarge) Liz Howard is a... Read More

February

Jordan Scott announced as 2022 Carol Shields Writer in Residence

Wed. Feb. 2, 2022 10:00 AM
Reading and Q and A with Dr. Sandy Pool Wednesday, February 16 7:00pm (CST) Register Now Carol Shields Memorial Lecture Wednesday, March 2 7:00pm... Read More

2021

2020

November

Artists' Talk, Visualizing Winnipeg

Thu. Nov. 19, 2020 2:00 PM
Artists’ Talk Leslie Supnet and Henning Frederik Malz English-1004-001 Visualizing WinnipegTuesday, November 24, 20202:30pm –... Read More

October

Grad School and SSHRC Applications Workshops

Thu. Oct. 8, 2020 11:25 AM

August

Spaces Available in 2020-21 Seminar Courses!

Tue. Aug. 18, 2020 11:00 AM
If you have a grade of B or higher in at least 6 credits of English, you may email the instructor for permission to take an advanced... Read More

April

2020 Award Submissions

Wed. Apr. 1, 2020 2:30 PM
The English Department is now accepting submissions for the Creative Writing Awards and the R.N. Hallstead Memorial Shakespeare Prize Read More

February

juice submissions 2020

Thu. Feb. 13, 2020 9:45 AM
juice is now accepting submissions for the 2020 edition! If you are interested in submitting some of your own work, please check out the... Read More

2019

October

One Book UW Writer-in-Residence Jennifer Storm

Tue. Oct. 8, 2019 10:00 AM
Jennifer Storm is an Ojibwe writer from the Couchiching First Nation in Northwestern Ontario. She has authored a YA novel and a graphic novel and... Read More

September

Grad School Information Sessions

Thu. Sep. 26, 2019 1:30 PM
Thinking of Applying to Grad School?Friday, October 4th12:30pm - 1:20pm3M60 what to expect in an MA program weighing the options applying to... Read More

Launch of juice 19

Fri. Sep. 6, 2019 1:00 PM
Join us for the launch of juice 19, the UW journal of creativity. Monday, October 7, at 7:00 pm, McNally Robinson Grant Park. Everyone is... Read More

Help Wanted | juice

Tue. Sep. 3, 2019 2:15 PM
juice, the journal of Creative Writing by and for University of Winnipeg students, needs one Student Editor, one Assistant Student Editor, and one... Read More

Martha Baillie reading from Sister Language at Thin Air International Writers Festival

Tue. Sep. 3, 2019 1:55 PM
Martha Baillie (Toronto) is reading from Sister Language, a profoundly moving collaboration with her sister Christine, who suffered from... Read More

August

Patricia Robertson co-edits a special issue of Canadian Notes & Queries

Wed. Aug. 28, 2019 12:00 AM
Patricia Robertson has co-edited a special issue of CNQ entitled "Writing and Literature in an Age of Unravelling" with her... Read More

Candida Rifkind Works with UW Students to publish Indigenous Comics Annotated Bibliography

Wed. Aug. 28, 2019 12:00 AM
Candida Rifkind worked with University of Manitoba Librarian Camille Callison (Tahltan) and two UW students, Taylor Daigneault (Metis, BEd) and Amy... Read More

May

Kathleen Venema Publishes Essay in The Globe and Mail

Tue. May. 14, 2019 12:00 AM
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-my-mother-couldnt-choose-her-storys-end-this-needs-to-change/ Read More

Nora Decter's How Far We Go and How Fast Shortlisted for Rakunen Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

Thu. May. 2, 2019 10:00 AM
How Far We Go and How Fast, the debut novel by UWinnipeg English Instructor Nora Decter, has been nominated for the $10,000 Rakunen Kobo Emerging... Read More

BIPoC Student Symposium

Wed. May. 1, 2019 12:00 PM
https://uwinnipeg.ca/bipoc-student-symposium Read More

April

Kathleen Venema's Bird-Bent Grass shortlisted for the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-fiction

Thu. Apr. 25, 2019 12:00 AM
Manitoba Book Awards 2019 Read More

Candida Rifkind Interviewed About Project GraphicBio

Mon. Apr. 1, 2019 10:00 AM
Professor Candida Rifkind was interviewed by Emily Lauer for the website Women Write About Comics about her... Read More

March

Launch of Catherine Hunter's New Book

Fri. Mar. 15, 2019 10:00 AM
Cover art by Cliff Eyland. Design by Melody Morrissette Catherine Hunter's new collection of poems, St. Boniface... Read More

Andrew Burke publishes on Winnipeg in The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Cinema

Tue. Mar. 12, 2019 10:30 AM
Andrew Burke's chapter, "Stand Tall: Winnipeg Cinema and the Civic Imaginary," has been published... Read More

World Poetry Day: Poetry in Many Languages

Tue. Mar. 12, 2019 10:00 AM
Di Brandt, Winnipeg's inaugural Poet Laureate and a professor in Canadian Literature and Creative Writing in the Department of English at the... Read More

Talk by Dr. Jen Reid - Patrick and Social Identity at the End of Roman Britain

Sun. Mar. 10, 2019 11:00 AM
Next week, on Wednesday, March 13, at 12:30, in Room 2M73, Dr. Jennifer Reid will present "Patrick and Social Identity at the End of... Read More

2018

December

Two Recent Articles Published by Peter Melville

Wed. Dec. 19, 2018 10:00 AM
Peter Melville has published two recent articles: one in the fantasy/sci-fi journal Extrapolation; and the other in RaVoN:... Read More

Patricia Robertson Wins Aesthetica Magazine Poetry Award

Mon. Dec. 17, 2018 1:44 PM
Congratulations to Professor Patricia Robertson, who has been awarded the Aesthetica Magazine 2018 Creative Writing Award for Poetry. You can learn... Read More

Di Brandt Publishes Translation of Play by Jenny Erpenbeck

Fri. Dec. 7, 2018 11:00 AM
Di Brandt's translation of celebrated Berlin-based playwright and author Jenny Erpenbeck's one-act play Katzen haben sieben... Read More

November

Patricia Robertson Nominated for Poetry Prize

Mon. Nov. 12, 2018 10:30 AM
Professor Patricia Robertson's poem, "Fox Says," has been shortlisted for the 2018 Aesthetica Creative Writing... Read More

Sonya Ballantyne Presentation & Film Screening Nov. 20th

Fri. Nov. 2, 2018 4:00 PM
“Birth of New Heroes: Indigenous Media Representation.” UW English alumn and filmmaker Sonya Ballantyne will be giving a public... Read More

October

Christopher Petty Presented on Doug Liman’s Time Loop Plots at Lancashire U

Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 2:02 PM
Professor Chris Petty presented a paper at the After Fantastika conference, July 6, 2018, at Lancaster University, U.K. Fantastika is a... Read More

Heather Milne Presented on Poet Nikki Reimer at Banff Centre

Mon. Oct. 15, 2018 2:00 PM
Professor Heather Milne presented a research paper, “Living With Communicative Capitalism in Nikki Reimer’s Downverse, or... Read More

Nora Decter Launches How Far We Go and How Fast at McNally Robinson

Fri. Oct. 5, 2018 12:00 AM
University of Winnipeg Instructor Nora Decter (ENGL-1000-008 and ENGL-2102-005) launches her debut novel, How Far We Go and How Fast (Orca), at... Read More

Candida Rifkind Publishes Open Access Article on Geneviève Castrée

Mon. Oct. 1, 2018 11:21 AM
Candida Rifkind has published a new article, "Geneviève Castrée’s Unmade Beds: Graphic Memoir and Digital... Read More

Brandon Christopher Publishes Comics & Visuality Article in Disability Studies Quarterly

Mon. Oct. 1, 2018 11:00 AM
Christopher, Brandon. “Rethinking Comics and Visuality, from the Audio Daredevil to Philipp... Read More

September

Editing Workshop for Students w/ Matthew TenBruggencate

Thu. Sep. 27, 2018 3:05 PM
Concise, Clear and Captivating: Better Writing for 21st Century Audiences A Hands-On Editing Workshop for Students with Matthew... Read More

Jonathan Ball Launches Podcast and Signs Contracts for Two Books

Thu. Sep. 27, 2018 2:11 PM
English professor Dr. Jonathan Ball, a contract faculty member, recently launched a podcast for serious writers who want to develop their skills... Read More

April

Kathleen Venema's Bird-Bent Grass tops the McNally Robinson Bestseller list for April 15-25

Fri. Apr. 27, 2018 11:00 AM
http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/home/browse/category/693/ Read More

Now Accepting Submissions for English Department Awards

Tue. Apr. 3, 2018 12:00 AM

Kathleen Venema publishes article on “Alzheimer’s Archives and the Good (Enough) Death"

Tue. Apr. 3, 2018 12:00 AM
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07481187.2017.1396408 Read More

March

Poetry Readying - Marilyn Dumont

Tue. Mar. 13, 2018 12:00 AM

English Honours Info Session

Tue. Mar. 13, 2018 12:00 AM

Performance/Conversation with English Grad Joshua Whitehead

Thu. Mar. 1, 2018 12:00 AM

February

Kathleen Venema Launching Bird-Bent Grass: A Memoir

Thu. Feb. 15, 2018 12:00 AM
Book Launch | McNally Robinson | Friday Apr 20 2018 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium Bird-Bent Grass chronicles an extraordinary... Read More

Indigenous Comics & Graphic Novels: Creators in Conversation

Thu. Feb. 15, 2018 12:00 AM
March 8, 1:00-2:15pm, Leatherdale Hall Sponsored by the Department of English and the Office of Indigenous Affairs A panel conversation between... Read More

January

Pronouns in the Classroom: Respect is the key to a healthy learning environment

Mon. Jan. 22, 2018 12:00 AM
http://uniter.ca/view/pronouns-in-the-classroom Read More

Patricia Robertson Awarded Honourable Mention in Poetry Award Contest

Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 12:00 AM
Patricia Robertson was awarded an Honourable Mention in the 2017 Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award Contest, judged by George Murray. She was... Read More

Honours Info Session

Wed. Jan. 10, 2018 12:30 AM

2017

November

Heather Milne & Paul DePasqauale Participate in Research to Engage Educationally Marginalized Youth

Mon. Nov. 27, 2017 12:00 AM
UW Community Engagement Initiatives Report Launch From Access to Engagement: Initiatives at The University of Winnipeg in Support of Educationally... Read More

Méira Cook will be our Carol Shields Writer in Residence for 2018

Mon. Nov. 6, 2017 12:00 AM
Méira Cook was born in Johannesburg and worked as a journalist in South Africa. Since coming to Canada, she has published five books of... Read More

October

Launch of The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak Project

Wed. Oct. 25, 2017 12:00 AM
The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak collaborative project will celebrate its official launch on Friday, October... Read More

Vancouver Author David Chariandy Reading from New Novel

Mon. Oct. 23, 2017 12:00 AM

Reading and Talk by Ann Eriksson and Gary Geddes

Mon. Oct. 23, 2017 12:00 AM

September

Bruno Cornellier Publishes Article in Discourse

Fri. Sep. 8, 2017 12:00 AM
Bruno Cornellier recently published a new article in the journal Discourse (Vol. 39, no.1). His article, entitled “The Struggle of... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills Presenting at UW French-Studies Conference

Fri. Sep. 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Jenny Heijun Wills will give a presentation based on her recently published article “Competing Nationalisms in Ru and La Trilogie... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills Invited to Writing Residency at Banff Centre

Fri. Sep. 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Jenny Heijun Wills is one of 20 participants invited to participate in the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity residency, "Centering... Read More

August

Andrew Burke Publishes Article on New Order Music Video

Tue. Aug. 29, 2017 12:00 AM
Andrew Burke has recently published the following article: “The Perfect Kiss: New Order and the Music Video.” Music Video:... Read More

May

Candida Rifkind Wins Gabrielle Roy Prize for Canadian Graphic

Wed. May. 31, 2017 12:00 AM
Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives, co-edited by Linda Warley and University of Winnipeg English Department member Candida Rifkind, and... Read More

Andrew Burke presenting at the Screen Studies conference in Glasgow

Wed. May. 31, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Andrew Burke is presenting at the 27th International Screen Studies conference at the University of Glasgow from June 23rd to 25th. His... Read More

Bruno Cornellier publishes article in The American Indian Culture and Research Journal

Thu. May. 25, 2017 12:00 AM
Bruno Cornellier just published a new article in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal. His article, entitled “Extracting... Read More

Zbigniew Izydorczyk Presenting Research at Four Conferences

Mon. May. 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Zbigniew Izydorczyk is presenting research at four conferences this spring: “The Idea of the Gospel of Nicodemus,”... Read More

April

Three English Faculty Presenting at International Auto/Biography Association – Americas Conference

Tue. Apr. 11, 2017 12:00 AM
Three English Department faculty are presenting at the bi-annual conference of the International Auto/Biography Association – Americas... Read More

Kathryn Ready Presented at McMaster University

Mon. Apr. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready presented a conference paper, "'The Nobler Growth these Realms Supply': The Aikin Family's Engagement with... Read More

Kathryn Ready Article Published by the University of Oxford

Mon. Apr. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready has an article, "John Aikin, Joseph Addison and Two Eighteenth-Century Eastern Tales of Remembered Metempsychosis,"... Read More

March

Now Accepting Submissions for the R.N. Hallstead Memorial Shakespeare Prize

Mon. Mar. 20, 2017 12:00 AM

Now Accepting Submissions for the Creative Writing Awards

Mon. Mar. 20, 2017 12:00 AM

Carla Manfredi Awarded Huntington Library Fellowship

Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:00 AM
Carla Manfredi has been awarded a Fellowship at the Huntington Library for the Fall semester. The Huntington Library is a rare book library and... Read More

Candida Rifkind on “Comics in Academia” Panel at Prairie Comics Fest

Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:00 AM
Candida Rifkind will be discussing the role of comics and graphic narratives at the Prairie Comics Fest, a free event open to the public that takes... Read More

English 3120 Practicum Students Organize Events for March

Tue. Mar. 14, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Naomi Hamer's English 3120 Practicum class is organizing a series of events for March in the University Library. In addition to... Read More

March 31st Deadline for call for designs of the yellow carrels at the library

Fri. Mar. 10, 2017 12:00 AM

Jessica Jacobson-Konefall Awarded SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

Wed. Mar. 8, 2017 12:00 AM
Sessional instructor and alumnus Jessica Jacobson-Konefall has won a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship, to be held at University of Toronto, with Dr.... Read More

Thomas Toles Writing and Performing in "The Artist Within" at MTYP

Fri. Feb. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Thomas Toles is writing and performing in a big multimedia production at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People, "The Artist Within,"... Read More

Peter Melville Presenting at 38th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

Thu. Feb. 9, 2017 12:00 AM
Peter Melville will present a paper at "Fantastic Epics: The 38th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts," which... Read More

Guest Speaker on German Comics & Graphic Novels

Wed. Feb. 8, 2017 12:00 AM

February

Carla Manfredi Wins Prestigious Fellowship at University of Edinburgh

Wed. Feb. 8, 2017 12:00 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Carla Manfredi, who has been awarded The American Philosophical Society/Institute for Advanced Studies in the... Read More

January

juice 17 Now Accepting Submissions

Fri. Jan. 13, 2017 12:00 AM

Larissa Wodtke Co-Authors Study of Manic Street Preachers

Wed. Jan. 11, 2017 12:00 AM
Larissa Wodtke, the Research Coordinator at the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures, has contributed an essay to the... Read More

2016

December

Available Courses for Winter 2017

November

Doris Wolf to be Visiting Scholar at University of Hawaii at Manoa

Mon. Nov. 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Doris Wolf will be a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Oahu, from... Read More

English Major Kakeka Thundersky Nominated for National Award

Thu. Nov. 24, 2016 12:00 AM
A first year English major, Kakeka Thundersky, has been nominated for the prestigious 2016 Everyday Political Citizen award from Samara Canada.... Read More

Katherena Vermette to be UW's 2017 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence

Wed. Nov. 2, 2016 12:00 AM
The Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence Committee is thrilled to announce that award-winning writer and former UW English student Katherena Vermette... Read More

October

UWinnipeg grad a rising literary star

Fri. Oct. 21, 2016 12:00 AM
http://news-centre.uwinnipeg.ca/all-posts/uwinnipeg-grad-a-rising-literary-star/ Read More

Four English Faculty Participating in "Youngsters: On the Cultures of Children and Youth Conference"

Mon. Oct. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Four UW English Department faculty are participating in the upcoming conference, "Youngsters: On the Cultures of Children and Youth... Read More

September

New Online Winter Course in Indigenous Texts

Wed. Sep. 21, 2016 12:00 AM

Kathleen Venema presenting at DisConnected Forms: Narratives on the Fractured Self

Wed. Sep. 7, 2016 12:00 PM
Thu. Sep. 8 09:00 AM - Fri. Sep. 9 09:00 PM Location: University of Hull Kathleen Venema will be presenting at DisConnected... Read More

Bruno Cornellier Co-Edits Special Issue of Settler Colonial Studies

Wed. Sep. 7, 2016 12:00 AM
A new special issue of the scholarly journal Settler Colonial Studies was recently published under the theme “Globalizing... Read More

Heather Milne and Candida Rifkind Presenting at Banff Centre Conference

Fri. Sep. 2, 2016 12:00 AM
Heather Milne and Candida Rifkind are both presenting papers at a conference being held at the Banff Centre from September 22-25th 2016 on... Read More

Brandon Christopher Presenting at British Shakespeare Association Biennial Conference

Fri. Sep. 2, 2016 12:00 AM
Brandon Christopher will present “‘Why could it not be another way?’: Kill Shakespeare and the Pleasures of... Read More

May

Catherine Hunter at Canadian Creative Writers Conference in Toronto

Mon. May. 9, 2016 12:00 AM
Catherine Hunter will speak about the process of researching and writing her latest novel After Light on the panel "Family Archives, Myths,... Read More

Peter Melville Publishes Two Journal Articles on Fantasy Literature

Tue. May. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Peter Melville has published an essay on Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy in Studies in the Fantastic. The essay, entitled... Read More

Peter Melville & Kate Ready in Special Issue of European Romantic Review

Tue. May. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Peter Melville and Kate Ready have contributed to a Special Issue of European Romantic Review (ERR). Dr. Melville is the co-editor of the... Read More

April

Candida Rifkind at IABA-World Conference in Cyprus

Fri. Apr. 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Candida Rifkind is presenting a paper titled “Framed Lives: Tings Chak’s Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant... Read More

Bruno Cornellier at Canadian Comparative Literature Association

Fri. Apr. 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Bruno Cornellier is presenting a paper titled “Iroquois Separatists and ‘Nègres blancs’: Paradoxes of... Read More

Zbigniew Izydorczyk at Veronica Conference in Cambridge

Tue. Mar. 1, 2016 10:00 AM
Zbigniew Izydorczyk is presenting a paper, "The Cura Sanitatis Tiberii according to Ernst von Dobschütz," at the Veronica... Read More

March

Kathryn Ready at American Society for 18th Century Studies Conference

Wed. Mar. 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready is presenting a paper, “‘On the Road from Edinburgh’: John Aikin, Scottish Historiography, and the... Read More

Heather Milne at SUNY Buffalo Poetics Conference

Thu. Mar. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Heather Milne is presenting a paper at a SUNY Buffalo conference on Poetics: (The Next) 25 Years, from April 9-10. Her paper is... Read More

Andrew Burke at Victorian Studies of Western Canada Conference

Thu. Mar. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Andrew Burke is presenting a paper at this year's Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC) conference that is being held in... Read More

Jenny Wills Guest Lecturing at University of California, Santa Barbara

Tue. Mar. 1, 2016 12:00 AM
Jenny Wills will give a guest lecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara on April 20, 2016. The topic of the presentation will be white... Read More

Brandon Christopher at the Shakesepeare Association of America Conference

Tue. Mar. 1, 2016 12:00 AM
Brandon Christopher will be presenting a paper titled "Shakespeare as Shibboleth: Shakespearean Citation and the Creation of Vertigo... Read More

February

Naomi Hamer to deliver Keynote at UBC Conference

Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 12:00 AM
Dr. Naomi Hamer has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the biennial University of British Columbia Children’s Literature... Read More

2015

December

Jenny Heijun Wills to hold Visiting Scholar Residency Position

Thu. Dec. 10, 2015 12:00 AM
Jenny Wills will spend her half-year sabbatical at Stanford University’s Centre for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity completing... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills to chair ASAC session at MLA

Thu. Dec. 10, 2015 12:00 AM
On January 9 at 10:15-11:30 Jenny Wills will chair a special session hosted by the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture at the Modern... Read More

Open Winter Term Courses

Thu. Dec. 3, 2015 12:00 AM
The following English courses still have open enrollments. Check on WebAdvisor if you wish to register. ENGL 2803-001 Phonetics &... Read More

November

Brandon Christopher at Appropriation in the Age of Global Shakespeare Conference

Thu. Nov. 5, 2015 12:00 AM
Brandon Christopher is presenting “‘These words are not mine’: Bravura Theatre’s Multicultural,... Read More

Kathryn Ready at the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference

Tue. Nov. 3, 2015 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready presented a conference paper entitled “Eighteenth-Century British Novel Theory, Romance, and the Pleasures of the Solitary... Read More

October

Jenny Heijun Wills at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting

Thu. Oct. 8, 2015 12:00 AM
Jenny Heijun Wills presented a conference paper entitled “American Scapegoating and Canadian Ethnic Studies” at the American... Read More

Heather Milne at the Literatures of Canada and Quebec Conference

Thu. Oct. 8, 2015 12:00 AM
Heather Milne presented a conference paper entitled “’It is true Canada is not exactly a Utopia, Ltd.’: The... Read More

Joan Baragar Scholarship Submissions Due Oct. 30th

Thu. Sep. 17, 2015 12:00 AM
Submissions for the Joan Baragar Scholarship are due to the English Department by October 30th. Read More